Um so . . . I'm already a little tired of cleaning. I was really enjoying it at first, but now that I'm practicing massage and CranioSacral more, I don't want to put all that repetitive strain on my arms and hands. It also seems that nannying and babysitting is what is really needed right now since there are so many families with both parents working.
So I've been hanging out with a 5 year old boy three days a week, picking him up from school, playing sports and cards with him, and then making him dinner before his mommies come home. I like him. It's taken him a few weeks to warm up to me, but now we're buddies. He's a thinker. Dan says he sounds like him when he was little.
I also just started hanging out with a 5 month old baby one day a week. I haven't babysat a baby since high school! But he seems pretty chill so far, I just make faces at him and then put him down for a nap. The family lives two blocks down from our apartment so that's nice.
I only watch the 10 year old girl that I was sitting before on an as-needed basis now, but her mom seems to be calling me about once a week so that's nice since I'm still super in-love with this girl. Yesterday I picked her and her 15 year old sister up from a salon where the 15 year old was getting her hair done for prom. (Prom- yay! I love those days!) A senior that she barely knows had asked her to prom and she was really nervous about it. We talked about important things like how she was going to pose for pictures and how she was going to do her makeup, etc. But we also had some after-school-special conversations about alcohol, drugs, and sex. It was great. :) I LOVE teen girls and preteen girls. They are still my favorite!
So like everything else in my life, it's just fascinating to see where God and the universe is taking me. I only have about 4 cleaning clients now and only one is weekly, the others are monthly.
I'm just thankful to be making money so we can stay in our cute little apartment in San Francisco and buy yummy food. That's what it's all about! Food and shelter are the best, right?
